Attorneys in Buffalo, NY

3,465 registered attorneys

Buffalo office-market desk (NY)

Statewide count rank #4 / 629NY cities, a large office market.

Among 3,465 non-deceased rows with an admission year, the span runs 1951-2026 (median 2006). Longest-tenured listed office peers: Dimitri Tzetzo (1951) , Richard J. Lehner (1956) , James S. Fanning (1958) .

Buffalo's register footprint

Buffalo, NY concentrates in Currently registered (85% of 3,465 rows; status mix index 7,394).

Among school-named rows, Suny Buffalo Law School alone is 65% (school mix index 4,966).

Mix index is HHI×10,000 on OCA status shares and on school-named rows. Distinct from the statewide rank line above.

Buffalo ZIP-led office book

Buffalo spreads named employers across 1,614 firms (mix index 51); Hodgson Russ Llp leads at 128 of 3,293 named rows.

ZIP book runs 33 codes; 14202 holds 55% (1,909 rows).

Judicial dept 4 covers 86% of dept-tagged rows (2,972 of 4 departments present).

Largest admission decade is the 2010s at 25% of 3,465 dated rows - no single decade majority.

Derived from employer, ZIP, judicial-department, and admission-year fields on the same OCA extract - not a market-quality ranking.

Buffalo registration renewal calendar

Next-registration months spread wide here - 12 distinct calendar months on file, no single month over 9% (Aug tops the list).

Renewal years span 2025–2028; 2027 leads at 44% (1,513 rows).

Median admission year 2006; mean tenure ~22.3 years on dated rows.

Next-registration month/year comes from the OCA extract (birthday-linked renewal window) - an administrative calendar, not a quality or discipline ranking.

Buffalo corporate-led employer book

corporate / other employers lead this 3,465-row book at 47% (top named: M&T Bank).

172 blank-employer rows sit beside the named book.

Also present: law firms (1,429), government (182), education (49).

Roles are heuristic labels on OCA employer strings (government, law firm, education, military, corporate, blank) - not a practice-area or quality ranking.

Buffalo status stack

office rows

What this shows 85% Currently registered among 3,465 office rows.

Source NY OCA Attorney Registrations via data.ny.gov As of 2026-08-06
Name Status
David Paul Ford Currently registered
John P. Ford Currently registered
Mark Alan Forden Currently registered
Heidi Lynn Forman Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Elisa Marie Fornataro Currently registered
Harry James Forrest Currently registered
Daniel Paul Forsyth Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Claire Helene Fortin Currently registered
Gerard Francis Forton Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Ryan Anthony Fortuna Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Leslie G. Foschio Currently registered
Jessica Lynn Foscolo Currently registered
Melissa Ann Foti Currently registered
Tamara Ruth Fowlston Currently registered
Russell Edward Fox Currently registered
Samantha Marie Fox Currently registered
Steven Setters Fox Currently registered
Taville Francis Currently registered
Lawrence C. Franco Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Thomas P. Franczyk Currently registered
Eliza Jean Frank Currently registered
Howard B. Frank Currently registered
David H. Frech Jr Currently registered
Thomas Keenan Frederick Currently registered
Emma Lauren Freedenberg Currently registered
Andrew Jacob Freedman Currently registered
Brenda Marie Freedman Currently registered
Jeffrey M. Freedman Currently registered
Cheyenne Nicole Freely Currently registered
Robert Charles Freeman Currently registered
James Freire Currently registered
Alexis Fretwell Currently registered
Jacob Allan Frezza Currently registered
Andrew Jeffrey Friedfertig Currently registered
Kathryn Bryk Friedman Currently registered
Kenneth P. Friedman Currently registered
Scott Edward Friedman Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Jeffery Richard Friesen Currently registered
Andrew Louis Fromen Currently registered
Abbi Lee Fuhrken Currently registered
Trek Fulater Currently registered
Joyce E. Funda Currently registered
Richard David Furlong Jr Currently registered
Christopher Albert Fynn Currently registered
Matthew Earl Gabalski Currently registered
George Gabel Jr Currently registered
Vanessa Christine Gabriele Currently registered
Sarah Jennings Gabriels Currently registered
Gary R. Gaffney Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Thomas J Gaffney Currently registered

Showing 1,001–1,050 of 3,465 attorneys

Out-of-state peers for Buffalo

Buffalo, NY at 3,465 office rows and 85% Currently registered - matched below on count and active rate (not the nearest-count strip above).

Counts and active rates come from the NY State Office of Court Administration registration extract; peers are not a market-quality or employment ranking.